Word: premier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British Government's reception was an evening function in the Great Hall of the House of Lords. Premier Baldwin, pipe in pocket, fanned the fires of Anglo-American friendship. Ambassador Houghton sought to bank the same fires with the broad hint: "I would remind my countrymen that good men are scarce and that they will soon be needed at home...
Georges Clemenceau, "Tiger" War Premier of France: "He told me he was going to get rid of Joffre, who was too old and too slow and who had taken no precautions to safeguard Verdun...
...Premier Baldwin later in the day made extension of the franchise the strongest point of his speech on government policy, promising to make Britain "truly democratic" before the next general elections. He then charged Viscount Rothermere, Tzar of British newspaperdom, with sole opposition to granting young women the vote and went on paradoxically to challenge that the "noble Lord" state before all the world whether he was now supporting the Conservatives or the Liberals...
...Premier discussed onetime Premier MacDonald's invitation to call a general election, saying that he was too sporting an opponent to hit the Labor Party until it had a stronger issue than repeal of the Trades Union...
...Born. To Premier Benito Mussolini a son, Romano Mussolini; at the Villa Carpena, Forli, Italy (see page...